Teaching students epidemiological concepts is difficult because actually conducting epidemiological studies with human populations is impractical for many reasons. A viable alternative is to use a virtual population. In this project, we explore using a virtual population (called The Island) as a means to giving students the opportunity to operationalise their epidemiological knowledge in PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In the process, we will develop a number of new “tasks” for the Islanders to do which are directly relevant to the health promotion and environmental health students who are required to study PUB361. PUB361 will undergo complete curriculum renewal to incorporate The Island, including adoption of the news tasks. The Island is ideally suited to blended learning, and one outcome of this project is the potential for wider adoption across the higher education sector including for online courses. See a 5 minute video overview of The Island and explore this innovative resource with one of the team behind it.